Ashley Baboota
Ashley Baboota is the digital marketing guru and Marketing Project Manager at Interstate Hotels and Resorts in Crystal City, Virginia.
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Ashley helps hotel sales and marketing teams for this global leader in hotel investment, development, and operations create and manage digital tools to find new revenue opportunities, generate leads, and build on guest relationships.
I know we always like to brag about how we’re part of the Pamplin School of Business, but I never realized how important that was until my first day on the job. I had a level of confidence with myself which I gained through classroom content such as reading financial statements, analyzing STR reports, and understanding the operational functions of a hotel environment. These attributes allowed my career to jump ahead of the competition. I also learned quickly that the HTM community is VERY well connected… it’s like tapping into a gold mine.